Cairnes Recap: ATV Tour

We had an awesome long weekend in Cairnes! It was exactly what we needed to relax and step away from our projects a bit.

Thursday night was pretty low key, as we weren’t able to check in until around 9:30. After that we pretty much just had dinner and went to bed.

On Friday morning, we woke up and headed to what we thought would be the beach. Unfortunately there was no beach in the area, but there was this beautiful lagoon.

We spent the morning here until the rest of the group arrived. Around one o’clock we packed up our stuff and got ready for our first adventure of the weekend – an ATV tour through the rainforest!

I was a little skeptical at first, but it was a blast!! We rode for about 2 hours straight down windy trails, through rivers, and basically all over the forest.

The company that put on this tour, Down and Dirty Quad Tours, was awesome. They joked with us the whole time and made it really enjoyable! They even let me use their go pro helmet mount for the tour.. I got some great footage of all of us.

By the end of the tour, we were all tired out. The last ten minutes of the trail were really wet and tough. Everyone kept getting stuck and kicking up mud at the person behind them, so we were all covered.

We rinsed off and had some Tim Tams and other treats with the tour guides before heading back to our hotel for the night. Overall, we had an awesome first day!

There was so much that happened on this trip that I want to split it up among a few posts so I don’t forget anything. I will be writing about our day at the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow 🙂

xo,

Jaclyn